المزاجية

English translation: BEING TEMPERAMENTAL

16:18 Feb 20, 2006
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: المزاجية
ردَّت عليك واشنطن بعنف وإتَّهمتك بالمزاجية والهلوسة،
sithanem
Local time: 10:10
English translation:BEING TEMPERAMENTAL
Explanation:
... and accused you of beeing temparemental/ moody/ unpredictable/ mercurial/ whimsical

but I'd go for "temparemental"

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Note added at 4 mins (2006-02-20 16:23:18 GMT)
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typo: tempEramental ... sorry about that :)
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Dina Abdo
Palestine
Local time: 16:10
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6BEING TEMPERAMENTAL
Dina Abdo
5Moodiness
Ahmed Al-Rouby
5Unpredictable
Zeinab Asfour
3subjective
Yasser El Helw


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
المزاجية
BEING TEMPERAMENTAL


Explanation:
... and accused you of beeing temparemental/ moody/ unpredictable/ mercurial/ whimsical

but I'd go for "temparemental"

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Note added at 4 mins (2006-02-20 16:23:18 GMT)
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typo: tempEramental ... sorry about that :)

Dina Abdo
Palestine
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin: In this context I like "whimsical: Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability"
7 mins
  -> I guess you're right ... I'd go for that too :) Thanks :)

agree  Fuad Yahya
27 mins
  -> Thanks Mr. Fuad :)

agree  Saleh Ayyub
1 hr
  -> Thanks Saleh :)

agree  Alexander Yeltsov
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Alex :)

agree  esewidan
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Eihab :)

agree  Zeinab Asfour
22 hrs
  -> Thanks again Zeinab :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
المزاجية
Moodiness


Explanation:
This is the translation of the noun ... as is in the example.
Also the "capriciousness" applies here ... I believe the whole sent. can be translated like this:

Washington retorted accusing you of moodiness and hallucination.

Ahmed Al-Rouby
Local time: 16:10
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
المزاجية
subjective


Explanation:
A subjective person is a person who bases his positions on how he perceives the situation to be and not as it really is. So he tends to see things according to his own مزاج .
Good luck

Yasser El Helw
Egypt
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
المزاجية
Unpredictable


Explanation:
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Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Local time: 17:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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